"Then what should we do?" Fang Xinyu asked.
Zhao Xiaofei sighed and said, "We can only do our best to do everything well. If fewer people die than when the Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains, we will win!"
At this time, Mao Jiu came over and asked, "Prince Consort! There is a town ahead called Wangjia Town! Where are we staying tonight?"
Fang Xinyu stopped talking, and Zhao Xiaofei said, "Okay! Let's find a wide area outside the town to camp! We don't need to go into the town!"
"Arrange all the carriages in a circle, and put Madam Li and her female relatives' carriages and tents in the middle. The escorts will form a defensive formation in the middle. 50 people will rest, and 50 people will be on duty at night! Let the people from the traveling camp and the Beijing camp set up tents on the periphery! Don't forget to light four bonfires in the four outermost directions of the camp!" said Fang Xinyu.
"This...Your Majesty, the weather is too cold. Let's go into the town! It will be warmer there! It doesn't matter to us old men, but Madam and the female relatives will suffer!" said Mao Jiu.
"Don't worry! The tent I brought is better than yours! And there are sleeping bags. It will be warmer if two people huddle together, just like the thermal underwear I gave you." Zhao Xiaofei said.
Mao Jiu hadn't taken off the thermal underwear Zhao Xiaofei had given him since then. Finally, he could stay warm without having to wear multiple layers of clothing. From what the Prince Consort had said, he was also planning to camp outside. What else could he say? He could only agree. Go back and make arrangements!
"Brother Fang! You and your brothers should think carefully about what I said!" After saying that, he went to see Li Sihong.
At night, Zhao Xiaofei and Li Sihong shared a tent and slept in a sleeping bag. Lying in the tent, listening to the howling north wind, Zhao Xiaofei felt sleepy and fell asleep quickly.
Meanwhile, Mao Jiu arrived at the tent of the Beijing troops and was discussing with a man named Li Zhengguang a nighttime attack on their village. They planned to kill the villagers and take their heads. They could then trade them for silver in the next county, claiming they were bandits. Even if they couldn't get silver, at least some food would be worth it.
The two hit it off and selected 48 people without night blindness. While Zhao Xiaofei and the others were asleep, they secretly left the camp and retraced their steps to find the village. In that era, people consumed very little meat or carrots, resulting in a lack of vitamin A and malnutrition. As a result, night blindness was prevalent, and night battles were rare in ancient times. This was one factor contributing to the lack of night battles in ancient times.
At night, Zhao Xiaofei's throat was dry and he wanted to drink water. He faintly heard shouting and struggled to open his eyes. This time, he finally heard it clearly: the sound of killing! He quickly pushed Li Sihong away, telling her to dress herself. He put on his clothes and rushed out.
As soon as I left the tent, I saw a large group of people rushing towards the camp. However, they were blocked by some of the Beijing Camp and the Daxing troops. The escorts, a surprising number of about 30, calmly formed a tortoise shell formation and began to move towards where the enemy was most concentrated! Other escorts began to shoot arrows, and another group of Daxing troops, seeing the escorts forming a formation, followed behind and began to reap their lives.
Zhao Xiaofei saw Li Sihong dressed and emerged, boarding a four-wheeled carriage with the other women. He ran towards Zhou Shuai and the others, who were being targeted by Fang Xinyu and Wan Shan. He was going to find the ringleader and shoot him dead.
Fang Xinyu said: "Boss! The refugees who came from nowhere started to attack us! You are right! I will protect myself first, and then save the people!" After that, he fired a shot at the enemy in the light of the fire outside.
The gunshot rang out, and the man fell to the ground. But as the crowd grew, Zhou Shuai said, "Give them a grenade!" He then pulled out his slingshot and launched a grenade. The grenade landed in the thick of the crowd, followed by a loud bang and a dark figure falling to the ground.
Wanshan held the gun and a toothpick in his mouth and said, "Wei Xiaobao is right, sacrifice the small for the big! Go to hell!" He also fired a shot.
At this time, the enemy finally couldn't hold on any longer. Li Deliang, along with his escorts, the guards, and some of the Beijing camp, began to counterattack. These enemies quickly retreated eastward. Li Deliang was a bit relentless in pursuit. Zhao Xiaofei saw a nearby escort and said, "Go! Call Li Deliang back to me!"
"Yes!" The bodyguard quickly ran towards Li Deliang.
At this point, Li Deliang was already very close to the gang, but he was a little reluctant to be stopped by Zhao Xiaofei's men. However, he was worried that if anyone else planned to harm the convoy, he would be derelict in his duty. He could only tell the men to stop and not to chase them any further.
"Stop! Stop the pursuit!" Li Deliang issued the order.
The escorts were the first to stop, followed by the others in the procession. Only the troops from the Beijing camp were still in pursuit, but for some unknown reason, these bandits suddenly turned back.
Seeing these thieves had come to him, Li Deliang began to join the battle with his escorts and thugs. Zhao Xiaofei picked up the night vision binoculars and said, "What's going on? Why are those enemies heading back? Are they crazy?"
"No! There should be people surrounding them from the east!" Wanshan said, putting down the telescope.
"Who could it be?" Zhou Shuai asked.
"Our own people! We are missing dozens of people! I wonder where they ran to? It must be them!" Fang Xinyu said.
"I have quite a few bodyguards, right?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"It wasn't our bodyguard, it must have been done by someone from the Daxing or Beijing Camp!" Fang Xinyu said.
"By the way! Why didn't I see Mao Jiu? Where did he go?" Zhao Xiaofei suddenly thought of it.
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